.IIoisK  Bill,  No.  12(1. J 

IIOUiSE  OF  IJEPIIESENTATIVES,  May  26,   1.H64.— Read  first 
and  pec'orid  tiuics.  placed  on  the  calendar  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr    Fi  NbTF.N,  from  u" Special  Committee.] 


To  be  entitled  An  act  to  compensate  Cbarles  E  Stuart,  Jsrael  (\ 
Owings  and  J.  H.  T«ylor  lor  the  use  of  an  improvement  iu  instru- 
ment? for  sighting  cannon. 

1  The  Congress-  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  <h,  morf.   Tint 

2  the  Treasurer  of  the   Confederate  States  be,  and   he  is  hereby, 
^     authorized  and  directed  to  p^  to  Charles   E.  Stuart,  Israel  C. 

4  Owings  and  J.  H.  Taylor,  patnntees  of  an  improvement  in  instru- 

5  ments  in  sighting  cannon,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dol- 

6  Ihrs,  as  a  compensation  for  the  use  of  said  invention  by  the  Con- 
l     federate  States  of  America. 


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